Name______________________
Period_______
Partner(s)___________________
Unit 1/Activity #2
Observing a Crime Scene: Eyewitness Basics
Step 1: The Art of Crime Detection
Go to this link: http://eduweb.com/portfolio/artofcrimedetection/
Part A: Read the information provided and answer these questions.
1. What are the two halves of the brain? ________________________________________
2. The left brain sees and interprets the world as _______________ and _______________.
3. The right brain sees and interprets the world as __________________ and
__________________.
4. Visual artists train themselves to “turn off” the _________brain and use just the ____________
brain to draw and sketch.
5. Just as your left brain learns more vocabulary the more you ________________, your right
brain learns more images and how to draw those images the more you ________________. This
becomes sort of like a “_______________ vocabulary”.
6. A police sketch artist has the ability to use their visual vocabulary and descriptive words to
produce _______________.
Step #2: Web Adventures- Spot the Differences
Go to this link and play the game: http://forensics.rice.edu/en/For-Educators/OnlineActivities.html
Compare the two photographs and click on the differences you see.
Can you find all 5? List them below.
1 - _____________________________________________________________________
2 - _____________________________________________________________________
3 - _____________________________________________________________________
4 - _____________________________________________________________________
5 - _____________________________________________________________________
Step #3: Web Adventures- Powers of Observation
Go to this link: http://forensics.rice.edu/en/For-Educators/Online-Activities.html
Watch the video and then answer the questions.
1. How many times was the basketball passed by the players with white t-shirts? ________
2. What was the answer to the second question? Explain your answer________________________________________________________________________
Step #4 : Web Adventures- Choose Handwriting Analysis
Go to this link: http://forensics.rice.edu/en/For-Educators/Online-Activities.html
Work together with your partner to match the writing samples – one at a time. Time yourselves to
see how long it takes you to match them all correctly.
How did you do? Time:_____________
Step #5: FBI Games- FBI Matching Game
Go to this link: https://www.fbi.gov/fun-games/kids/kids-games
Play the matching game until you master it.
How long did it take?_________________________
How many tries did it take to make all the matches?___________________